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International Network of Small & Medium Enterprises Meeting in Puerto Vallarta.

Our Founder, Chuck Russell, was invited to Puerto Vallarta to the International Network of Small & Medium Enterprises, along with the OAS, the Institute for developing entrepreneurship in Mexico and the Economic Group for Latin America and the Caribbean, addressing the issues facing small & medium businesses around the world. It is an amazing group of brilliant academicians and passionate leaders in government, all focused on small business growth as being a key to overall economic health around the world.

President Obama to Recognize Emerging Global Entrepreneurs

WASHINGTON, DC – On Monday, May 11th, the White House will bring together emerging entrepreneurs from across the United States and around the world to highlight the importance of investing in women and young entrepreneurs to create innovative solutions to some of the world’s toughest challenges, including poverty, climate change, extremism, as well as access to education and healthcare. This event comes ahead of the President’s travel to this summer’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kenya and provides a unique opportunity to galvanize global attention on emerging women and young entrepreneurs.

The event will recognize the impact made by a number of U.S. government-led initiatives. In 2014, the Administration set a goal for its bestentrepreneurship programs, now to be led under the umbrella of the Spark initiative, to generate over a billion dollars in private investment for emerging entrepreneurs by the end of 2017, with half of this goal to be raised for women and young entrepreneurs. The White House will name nine more top American entrepreneurs to be named as Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship to contribute to this goal. The world’s brightest entrepreneurs still require further support through the commitments and collaboration of governments, investors, businesses, organizations and individuals. The event will also recognize the creation of the Spark Global Entrepreneurship coalition to further these objectives.Speakers for the event will include five entrepreneurs from around the world and from various U.S. government programs, cast members of ABC’s TV series Shark Tank and other organizations. The event will be live streamed on the White House website. To watch this event live, visit www.whitehouse.gov/live at 2:00 pm ET on May 11th. Additional details about the event will be made available in the coming days.

Guest Speakers

· Mark Cuban, Investor on “Shark Tank” & Owner of the Dallas Mavericks· Barbara Corcoran, Investor on “Shark Tank” & Founder of Barbara Corcoran Venture Partners· Daymond John, Investor on “Shark Tank” & CEO and Founder of FUBU· Tony Elumelu, Founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation· Antonio Gracias, Founder of Valor Equity Partners· Julie Hanna, Founder of KivaWe are beyond honored to be a part of this Global Entrepreneur Event focused on emerging women and young entrepreneurs. This is an exciting milestone for us and we are looking forward to sharing this experience with you all through social media.